Athletes have played with broken jaws in the past so I'd imagine it depends on the severity and where/how it's fractured. If he has his jaw wired shut he probably isn't going to be playing because that can impede his breathing and make it difficult to maintain the kind of nutrition that a pro athlete needs. Otherwise, I'd guess he will miss minimal if any time and could play with a face shield.

After I heard it I watched the slow-mo replay on, not sure if I can say the name on here, but you can see the puck deflect off the visor and hit more the jaw area on the right side of his face then his teeth. Going to the hospital for surgery and possible over night substantiated it.

So I see people with "sources" saying he has a broken jaw, and other people with "sources" saying it's just teeth and he'll be fine within a week. This is getting eerily similar to the concussion fiasco. Ugh.

PhantomJB93 wrote:So I see people with "sources" saying he has a broken jaw, and other people with "sources" saying it's just teeth and he'll be fine within a week. This is getting eerily similar to the concussion fiasco. Ugh.

Inkio wrote:Given that we still have not heard anything I am fearing the worst. Broken jaw. I know it's never good to speculate but it's hard not to. I wish they would just give is some kind of information.

Inkio wrote:Given that we still have not heard anything I am fearing the worst. Broken jaw. I know it's never good to speculate but it's hard not to. I wish they would just give is some kind of information.

Really hasn't been that long. Not a big deal dude.

In this age of instant news, twitter and such, 24 hours is a long time. Besides, inquiring minds want\have to know.

Rothlisburger busted his whole face on a car and had the whole thing reconstructed and he shook it off and played that same season and football players are ******* compared to hockey players. (though Ben is a tough son of a ***** and probably could have been a hockey player... but still.) I say Sid misses 2 weeks tops if any time at all.

This is just how the Pens and most of thr NHL handle injuries. There was no word on Martin until yesterday morning. I expect them to address it either tonight or tomorrow. No need to worry about them not updating the media on Easter morning.